PW-INSPECTOR(1)PW-INSPECTOR(1)NAMEpw-inspector - A tool to reduce the password list
SYNOPSISpw-inspector [-i FILE] [-o FILE] [-m MINLEN] [-M MAXLEN] [-c MINSETS]
-l -u -n -p -s
DESCRIPTION
PW-Inspector reads passwords in and prints those which meet the
requirements. The return code is the number of valid passwords found,
0 if none was found. Use for security: check passwords, if 0 is
returned, reject password choice. Use for hacking: trim your dictio‐
nary file to the pw requirements of the target. Usage only allowed for
legal purposes.
OPTIONS-i FILE
file to read passwords from (default: stdin)
-o FILE
file to write valid passwords to (default: stdout)
-m MINLEN
minimum length of a valid password
-M MAXLEN
maximum length of a valid password
-c MINSETS
the minimum number of sets required (default: all given)
-h, --help
Show summary of options.
SETS-l lowcase characters (a,b,c,d, etc.)
-u upcase characters (A,B,C,D, etc.)
-n numbers (1,2,3,4, etc.)
-p printable characters (which are not -l/-n/-p, e.g. $,!,/,(,*,
etc.)
-s special characters - all others not withint the sets above
SEE ALSOhydra(1), xhydra(1).
AUTHOR
hydra was written by van Hauser / THC <vh@thc.org> and co-maintained by
David Maciejak <david.maciejak@gmail.com>.
This manual page was written by Daniel Echeverry <epsilon77@gmail.com>,
for the Debian project (and may be used by others).
24/05/2012 PW-INSPECTOR(1)
